Mr. Malloch Brown warned on Monday that, if Mr. Wolfowitz stayed as president, European countries might withhold funding from the next financing round for the bank's International Development Association. We hope he's right, though we know few European finance ministers who aren't eager to throw good money after bad. Still, it's a remarkable bit of chutzpah for the man who downplayed corruption at the U.N. to seek the ouster of the man who has fought to reduce corruption at the World Bank. OpEd WSJ

Behind every take down of an effective Republican, is the black hand of George Soros. Soros, a man that hates America and everything it stands for, and has made it his life's work to take it down. He best embodies the idea of consummate evildoer.

Here, Malloch Brown, one of the whores in Soros' stable, does his bidding.Mark Malloch Brown
lives in a house Soros rents to him at below market rates (more on that here.) And did in violation of UN staff regulations (the mainstream media deliberately ignored that story and all of the suspect Soros UN payola.) The WSJ pointedly opines, "if the Bush Administration now abandons Mr. Wolfowitz as he faces
a decision from the bank's board of governors, it will not only betray a friend
but hand the biggest victory yet to its audacious enemies in the George Soros
axis."

Can you imagine if Soros gains control of the World Bank that says'Israel is preventing PA economic recovery' and slams "protection of
settlers at expense of Palestinian population'? Full article here

Mr. Malloch Brown, remember, was until last year Kofi Annan's
deputy at the United Nations. In that position, he distinguished himself by
spinning away the $100 billion Oil for Food scandal as little more than a blip
in the U.N.'s good work, and one that had little to do with Mr. Annan himself.
Last week, Mr. Malloch Brown was named vice president of the Quantum Fund, the
hedge fund run by his billionaire friend George Soros. A former World Bank
official himself and ally of soon-to-be British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Mr.
Malloch Brown would almost surely be a leading candidate to replace Mr.
Wolfowitz should he step down. Not surprisingly, Gordon Brown cold-shouldered
Mr. Wolfowitz at a recent meeting in Brussels.

The bank presidency would be a neat coup for Sir Mark, and not
just because the post has heretofore gone to an American. He also stands for
everything Mr. Wolfowitz opposes, beginning with the issue of corruption.
Consider Mr. Malloch Brown's defense of the U.N.'s procurement practices.

"Not a penny was lost from the organization," he insisted last
year, following an audit of the U.N.'s peacekeeping procurement by its Office of
Internal Oversight Services. In fact, the office found that $7 million had been
lost from overpayment; $50 million worth of contracts showed indications of bid
rigging; $61 million had bypassed U.N. rules; $82 million had been lost to
mismanagement; and $110 million had "insufficient" justification. That's $310
million out of a budget of $1.6 billion, and who knows what the auditors
missed.

Mr. Malloch Brown also made curious use of English by insisting
that Paul Volcker's investigation into Oil for Food had "fully exonerated" Mr.
Annan. In fact, Mr. Volcker's report made an "adverse finding" against the
then-Secretary-General. Among other details, the final report noted that Mr.
Annan was "aware of [Saddam's] kickback scheme at least as early as February
2001," yet never reported it to the U.N. Security Council, much less the public,
a clear breach of his fiduciary responsibilities as the U.N.'s chief
administrative officer. Mr. Malloch Brown described the idea that Mr. Annan
might resign as "inappropriate political assassination" -- a standard he
apparently doesn't apply to political enemies like Mr.
Wolfowitz.

Mr. Malloch Brown never made any serious attempt to reform the
U.N. beyond the cosmetic, while doing everything he could to block the real
reforms proposed by Americans Christopher Burnham and former Ambassador John
Bolton. He was, however, energetic when it came to lecturing Americans about
what they owed the U.N., such as joining the "reformed" Human Rights Council
(whose only achievement to date has been to castigate Israel), pursuing a "new
multilateral national security," and otherwise empowering the likes of Mr.
Malloch Brown, his multilateral mates and their tax-free salaries.

Views like these help explain why Mr. Malloch Brown is in such
favor with Mr. Soros, who has publicly suggested the U.S. will need a
"de-Nazification" program to erase the taint of the Bush Administration. So
close are the two that Mr. Malloch Brown lives in a suburban New York home owned
by Mr. Soros. Mr. Malloch Brown says he pays market rent, though reporting by
the New York Sun's Benny Avni disputes that. In any case, it's safe to assume
that Mr. Soros's widely published views are close to Mr. Malloch Brown's
somewhat more guarded ones.

So it's not surprising that many on the World Bank staff would
cheer Mr. Malloch Brown: He's perfect for an institutional culture in which
"progressive" thinking goes hand-in-glove with a tolerance for corruption. That
culture has been on vivid display in the Euro-coup against Mr. Wolfowitz. This
weekend the committee investigating the claims dropped 600 pages in the
president's lap and told him he had 48 hours to respond -- in direct violation
of World Bank staff rule 8.01, 4.09, which states that "the amount of time
allowed a staff member to comment [on an investigative report] . . . will not be
less than 5 business days." Following protests from Mr. Wolfowitz's lawyer, the
committee gave him 72 hours.

This is the same kangaroo court that last month leaked its guilty
verdict to the Washington Post before Mr. Wolfowitz even had a chance to plead
his case. Our sources who have seen the committee's report tell us it is
especially critical of Mr. Wolfowitz for daring to object publicly to the
committee's methods and thereby bringing the bank's name into disrepute. The
Europeans running this Red Queen proceeding prefer that they be able to smear
with selective leaks without rebuttal.

Mr. Malloch Brown warned on Monday that, if Mr. Wolfowitz stayed
as president, European countries might withhold funding from the next financing
round for the bank's International Development Association. We hope he's right,
though we know few European finance ministers who aren't eager to throw good
money after bad. Still, it's a remarkable bit of chutzpah for the man who
downplayed corruption at the U.N. to seek the ouster of the man who has fought
to reduce corruption at the World Bank.

If the Bush Administration now abandons Mr. Wolfowitz as he faces
a decision from the bank's board of governors, it will not only betray a friend
but hand the biggest victory yet to its audacious enemies in the George Soros
axis.

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Mr. Malloch Brown warned on Monday that, if Mr. Wolfowitz stayed as president, European countries might withhold funding from the next financing round for the bank's International Development Association. We hope he's right, though we know few European finance ministers who aren't eager to throw good money after bad. Still, it's a remarkable bit of chutzpah for the man who downplayed corruption at the U.N. to seek the ouster of the man who has fought to reduce corruption at the World Bank. OpEd WSJ

Behind every take down of an effective Republican, is the black hand of George Soros. Soros, a man that hates America and everything it stands for, and has made it his life's work to take it down. He best embodies the idea of consummate evildoer.

Here, Malloch Brown, one of the whores in Soros' stable, does his bidding.Mark Malloch Brown
lives in a house Soros rents to him at below market rates (more on that here.) And did in violation of UN staff regulations (the mainstream media deliberately ignored that story and all of the suspect Soros UN payola.) The WSJ pointedly opines, "if the Bush Administration now abandons Mr. Wolfowitz as he faces
a decision from the bank's board of governors, it will not only betray a friend
but hand the biggest victory yet to its audacious enemies in the George Soros
axis."

Can you imagine if Soros gains control of the World Bank that says'Israel is preventing PA economic recovery' and slams "protection of
settlers at expense of Palestinian population'? Full article here

Mr. Malloch Brown, remember, was until last year Kofi Annan's
deputy at the United Nations. In that position, he distinguished himself by
spinning away the $100 billion Oil for Food scandal as little more than a blip
in the U.N.'s good work, and one that had little to do with Mr. Annan himself.
Last week, Mr. Malloch Brown was named vice president of the Quantum Fund, the
hedge fund run by his billionaire friend George Soros. A former World Bank
official himself and ally of soon-to-be British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Mr.
Malloch Brown would almost surely be a leading candidate to replace Mr.
Wolfowitz should he step down. Not surprisingly, Gordon Brown cold-shouldered
Mr. Wolfowitz at a recent meeting in Brussels.

The bank presidency would be a neat coup for Sir Mark, and not
just because the post has heretofore gone to an American. He also stands for
everything Mr. Wolfowitz opposes, beginning with the issue of corruption.
Consider Mr. Malloch Brown's defense of the U.N.'s procurement practices.

"Not a penny was lost from the organization," he insisted last
year, following an audit of the U.N.'s peacekeeping procurement by its Office of
Internal Oversight Services. In fact, the office found that $7 million had been
lost from overpayment; $50 million worth of contracts showed indications of bid
rigging; $61 million had bypassed U.N. rules; $82 million had been lost to
mismanagement; and $110 million had "insufficient" justification. That's $310
million out of a budget of $1.6 billion, and who knows what the auditors
missed.